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Week of March 26, 2012Volume 2, No. 15

Top Ten Canadian Producers

Rankings based on Enterprise Value

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Suncor Energy

Number One

 February 1, 2012


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Canadian Natural

Number Two

 March 20, 2012


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This week we take a look at the top ten producers based in Canada, ranked by Total Enterprise Value (TEV) in U.S. dollars.

Since the firm's ~$19 billion merger with Petro-Canada in 2009, Suncor Energy has continued to grow and thus leads the group by a significant margin, currently valued at over $58 billion. Narrowing our focus to the upstream portion of the business, Suncor produced ~577 Mboe/d in 4Q 2011. The firm's main upstream focus is oil sands, boasting the largest reserves in the Canadian oil sands bar none. Suncor optimizes the value of its oil production through an integrated business model and access to global market pricing; as large as the firm currently is, we'd expect Suncor to be much larger in 2020, when it anticipates producing 1 MMboe/d.

Above are slides from the top two Canadian-based producers -- Suncor Energy and Canadian Natural Resources. Below are slides from several others in the top 10: Imperial Oil, Cenovus Energy, Husky Energy and Talisman Energy. The table below shows size, volumes, P+P reserves and reserve and production metrics as of March 28, 2012.


Top 10 Canadian Producers by TEV ($USD) - as of 03/28/12

#CompanyTEV ($MM)Vols (MBOED)2011YE P+P Reserves (MMBOE)Prod Metric ($/BOED)1Res Metric ($/P+P BOE)1
1Suncor Energy$57,8895775,847$100,414$9.90
2Canadian Natural Resources$44,6776587,5382$67,939$6.05
3Imperial Oil$37,9242972NA$129,797NA
4Cenovus Energy$32,0482542,060$126,039$15.56
5Husky Energy$27,2823192,361$85,550$11.55
6Encana$20,5216003,710$34,182$5.53
7Talisman Energy$17,9264421,859$40,556$9.64
8Crescent Point Energy$14,94381381$183,998$39.25
9Nexen$13,0411932,017$67,568$6.47
10Penn West Petroleum$12,605169616$74,676$20.46

 

1. Metrics not adjusted for refining or other business units.

2. Gross Numbers 

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Imperial Oil


March 21, 2012


Cenovus Energy


March 8, 2012

Husky Energy


March 8, 2012

Talisman Energy


March 8, 2012

Imperial, majority owned by ExxonMobil, has an enterprise value of $38 billion and produced 297 Mboe/d (gross) in 4Q 2011. The firm's 2011 cash flow of $4.5 billion eclipsed its investment of $4.1 billion, and Imperial achieved a ROCE over 25%. The company has an aggressive goal to double production by 2020, and will do so mostly via oil sands development.

Cenovus has an enterprise value of $32 billion and produced 254 Mboe/d in 4Q 2011. The firm was formed in May 2008 when Encana spun off its Canadian oil sands and U.S. refining assets. Like the majority of its large peers, Cenovus' focus is oil sands, touting 8.2 Bbbls of economic contingent resources of bitumen. Cenovus has a 2012 budget of $3.1-$3.4 billion, 91% of which will be spent on oil projects.

Husky has an enterprise value of $27 billion and produced 319 Mboe/d in 4Q 2011. As shown in the slide above, in 2011 Husky increased Y/Y production 9%, overall netbacks 23% and ROCE 5.4% (to 11.8%). Looking towards 2012, the company plans to spend $4.7 billion, not accounting for potential acquisitions, and anticipates producing 290-315 Mboe/d, the biggest piece being heavy oil & bitumen.   

Talisman has an enterprise value of $18 billion and produced 442 Mboe/d in 4Q 2011. The slide above illustrates how diverse Talisman's upstream portfolio is, from both a hydrocarbon and geographic standpoint. The firm grew substantially in 2011, notably Marcellus production doubled to over 400 MMcfe/d, but will focus on profitability over headline growth in 2012 due to the gas price environment.

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featured.transactions from PLS global M&A database

DateHeadlineValue
03/28/12Continental acquires 17 MMboe of Bakken reserves from Wheatland $340 MM
03/27/12Perenco buys UK North Sea gas assets from BP $400 MM
03/23/12Pengrowth Energy acquires NAL Energy $1,909 MM
03/22/12Magnum Hunter purchases assets of TransTex Gas Services $59 MM

Source: PLS M&A Database

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